Shintaro Okamoto

Associate Director

Tokyo

Shintaro Okamoto is an Associate Director in Tokyo. He is responsible for managing a variety of risk consulting to assist Japanese governmental entities and commercial clients to enter hostile environments, especially Iraq.

Shintaro Okamoto is an Associate Director in Tokyo. He is responsible for managing a variety of risk consulting to assist Japanese governmental entities and commercial clients to enter hostile environments, especially Iraq.

Examples of his work with Control Risks include:

Provided Japanese major investment and trading companies with rigorous journey management (armed protection teams) in Iraq.

Conducted a series of threat assessment reports for Japanese oil and gas companies which plan to explore in Southern Iraq.

Provided fraud and investigation support on behalf of Japanese multinational companies in the Middle East.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Shintaro worked as a Business Development Manager at International SOS covering West Japan markets. Before that, he worked for a British security provider, successfully expanding the firm’s client base in the Japanese marketplace, and was involved in a series of projects in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shintaro holds a Master of Arts in law and diplomacy focusing on international security studies and Pacific Asia studies from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He holds a Bachelor of Law from Chuo University. He speaks Indonesian.

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